Harness



` Nov. 11 1924.

D. L. MILLSAP HARNESS Filed March 15. 1924 d N/ M mf,

I: 'TRNEY Patented Nov. 11, i924.

ruina DAVID L. MILLSAP, OF POXVERSVILLE, MISSOURI.

HARNESS.

Application fui-,ariane i5, 192e.' yseriai No. 699,453.

T0 all 'whom may concern.

yBe it known that l, @AVID L. MirLLsAr, a citizen oi' the United States, residing at lowersville, in the county of Putnam and State ot lilfissouri, have invented certain new and usefuly improvements in Harness; and l do declare the following to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tc make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference n'iarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an animal harness and particularly to a harness for supporting a shield to be applied to swine. The physical characteristics of swine require special `harness' which is not adapted to be used on other animals such as horses and sheep and harnesses for sheep and horses are not adapted iiior the physical characteristics oft swine. This is due largely to the fact that the neck ot the hog is approximately the diameter of his girth, so the neck band must be approximately the size of the shoulder band and girth.

The shield is supported by the girth and due to the habits ot swine, it is desirable and practically necessary to make the shield ot frost proof, 'flexible material, because a hog wallows in mud and marshy land, theretore if leather were used, the leather would curl when it became wet and the shield would lose its etliciency. By making the shield ot proper material. which will not curl or be aiiected by 'frost or dampness, the objection to leather and the like will be eliminated.

The harness is shown as consisting of a plurality of bands of substantially equal diameters connected together by longitudinal connectors with a protective shield extending from one of the bands and the first two bands are arranged in front and back of the shoulders with a breast strap connecting them, so that the animal cannot disconnect the harness by rubbing or rolling and the device is so constructed that liability of unauthorized progeny will be entirely eliminated. r1`he specific material recommended for the shield is German silver7 because it is 'frost proof. A frost proof material as contemplated in this case is one that is proof against i'rost, that is not affected by frost or specifically a material on which the frost will. not adhere.

' inthe drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a .boar hog to which my invention is applied. i

lig. plete harness.

Fig. 3 is a detailed View of the top of the girth showing eizpansible tugs or connectors for the girth, and

-1 is two complementary adjustable side bars constituting connectors for the shoulder bandand girth.

Referring novi7 tothe drawings by numerals of refe-rence 1 2, and 3 designate the three bands of harness consisting of the neck band, the shoulder band and the girth respectively. The neel-1 band is adjustable through the medium olf the bucklesr L1 and 5. The shoulder band is adjustable throughthe medium ot the buckles 6 and 7. The girth is adjustable through the medium of buckles 6 and 9. The girth includes a loop 10 to which the side straps 11 and 12 are connected by the U-shaped members 13 and 1-1- having coil springs 15 and 16 thereon, the coil springs being contained in the loops 17 and 16 so that when the animal wallows or breathes, or when he feeds heavy, the girth will expand or give, thus preventing binding, so 1 term the members 13 and 14 compensating members.

The neck band is connected to the shoulder band by two longitudinal shoulder straps 19 and 2O which are adjustable by providing buckles as shown, and the band 1 is also connected to the band 2 by an adjustable breast strap 21. The means for adjusting the straps will not be specifically described because they consist of the usual buckle connections. The band 2 is connected to the band 3 by a back trap 22 and the adjustable rigid side bar connections 23 and 24. They side bar connections each consist of two bars 25 and 26. (See Fig. l). The bar 25 is fastened to the band 3 and the bar 26 is fastened to the band 2. The bars 25 and 26 have openings 27 and 28. The bar 25 has a prong 29 which is adapted to engage one of the openings 28 and a bolt 30 may pass 2 is a perspective view of the com-k through the aligning openings in the side bars as shown in Fig. 2 to fasten the bars in their adjusted positions.

The shield or apron 31 may extend from the band 3 and be secured in any suitable manner. I prefer to construct the shieldy of non-corrosive frost proof material such as German silver mesh, or the like for the reasons above enumerated. rlhe method of agplying the harness and its purposes will be clearly apparent by reference to the above description in Connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be obvious that the harness can be easily appliedy in a manner to prevent its becoming' detach-- ed when the hog wallows or rubs against any object, as is his nature to do, and it will also be apparent that the rigid bars 25 and 26 constitute spaces for properly locating the girth and prevent its sliding lengthwise of the animal..

Vlhat ll claim and desire to secure by Lete ters-Patent is:

1. A harness for swine comprising a neck band, a shoulderA band and a girth, means for adjustably connecting t-he bands one to the other and a depending, flexible shield of frost proof material suspended from the girth.

A harness for swine comprising a neck band, a shoulder band and a girth, means for adjustably connecting the bands one to the other and a depending, flexible shield suspended from the girth, the shield consisting of German silver mesh.

3. A harness for swine comprising a neck band, a. shoulder band and a girth, means for connecting the various bands together including rigid side bars between the shoulder band and the girth and a flexible shield suspended from the girth.

il. A harness for swine comprising a neck lmnd, a shoulder band and a girth, means for connecting the various bands together including rigid side bars between the shudder band and the girth and a flexible shield suspended 'from the girth, the side i arranged in pairs with means for si connect-ing them.

.ln testimony whereof I aiiX my signature.

DAVID L. MILLSAP. 

